Shaving-brush.



A. R. VORE.

SHAVING BRUSH. I APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1916.

1,220,033. Patented Mai. .20, 1 17.

ARTHUR a. verse, or cAImAwAY; FLORIDA.

SHAVING-IBRUSH.

. specie cation of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 20, 191 v.

Application filed May 20, 1916. Serial No. 98,814. i

To all whom it may concern:

B it known that I, ARTHUR R. VoRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Carraway, in the county of Putnam and State of Florida, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Brushes, of-

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brushes, more particularly to the class ofshaving brushes wherein provision is made for introducing a soapcompound within the brush from a reservoir or supply in the handle, andhas for one of its objects to improve the contrative of the preferredembodiment of the invention Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevationof the improved device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a portion of the tubular reservoir and thebrush receiving plug before being united;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail illustrating the construction of the ventbetween the plunger and the guard.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the'drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved device comprises a cylindrical reservoir represented as awhole at 10 and with the major portion internally threaded, as shown inFig. 1. Engaging in the unthreaded end of the receptacle 1O isa hollowdownwardly opening plug 12 with a shoulder 13 encircling the same nearthe lower end with the outer wall of the plug jects at its lower end fora considerable distance below the lower end of the plug, as shown inFig. 1. The hollow plug is designed to receive the butt ends 17 of thebristles 18 which constitute the brush. After the bristles have beenintroduced into the plug a tapered sleeve 19-is disposed over the nozzle16 and forced'toward the terminal 15 of the nozzle and thus compressesthe bristles against the sloping walls of the hollow plug. The bristleswill be cemented in the usual manner within the plug and the sleeve 19will be forced into position before the ce- I ment has become set. Afterthe plug containing the bristles and the other attachments has beeninserted within the lower end of the receptacle 10 the material of thereceptacle is compressed by a suitable implement into the contractedportion of the plug, as indicated in Fig. 1, to firmly bind the plug tothe receptacle and locking theplug' within the receptacle.

An externally threaded plunger, indicated as a whole at 20, engages thethreads of. the receptacle 10, and is thereby movable within thereceptacle when rotated. lhe plunger is preferably hollow to reduce theweight, and

the members 10 20 are preferably of metal as thin as possible consistentwith the strains to which they will be subjected.

Bearing over the outer end of the plunger 20 is a guard shell 22 closedat the upper end, as shown in Fig. 1, and enlarged internally at thejuncture of'the walls of the shell and its top in the form of a .ring23and the inner face of the ring threaded to engage the outer threads ofthe plunger 20. The guard shell 22' is somewhat larger than thereceptacle 10 and engages constantly over the latter, as illustrated inFig. 1. The

ring portion 23 is provided at suitable intervals with one or moreorifices 24, as shown in Fig. 5, to form vents to the space between themembers 20 and 22 to prevent the formation of compressed air in event ofthe mem-, ber fitting too closely against the outer walls of thereceptacle 10 and likewise to provide means for the escape of anyleakage of soap.

The receptacle 10 is designed to contain a supply of soap in relativelysoft condition, and when the plunger is'actuated by rotating the same, asmall quantity of the soap will be forced through the nozzle 10 and intothe brush and when water is applied to the brush a lather will beproduced in the usual manner. The shell 22 is shorter than the plungerto facilitate the insertion of the plunger into the reservoir. The shell22 is removable from the plunger when required,

which may be utilized to receive suitable articles.

' The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured of any required size, and while employed primarily as ashaving brush may be employed for other purposes if required.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a shaving brush, a hollow handle, a

within said plug and surrounding said noztles. thus exposing theinterior of the plunger" 2. In a shaving brush, a hollow handle, ahollow outwardly opening plug in one end of the handle and having aninwardly flar ing aperture, a nozzle having a flaring inner end engagingsaid flaring aperture, bristles Within said plug and surrounding saidnozzle,'anda conical sleeve engaging over said nozzle and forced to aseat Within said bristles, the lower end of said hollow handle beingcompressed against said plug to compress the same against the bristlesand compress the bristles against the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ARTHUR R. VORE. [1,. 5.

